hủ nữ

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 腐女, composed of 腐 (“rotten”) and 女 (“female”), from Chinese 腐女 (fǔnǚ), from Japanese 腐女子 (fujoshi, hủ nữ tử). Likely adopted through contemporary Chinese teen romance novels.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [hu˧˩ nɨ˦ˀ˥]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [hʊw˧˨ nɨ˧˨]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [hʊw˨˩˦ nɨ˨˩˦]

Noun

hủ nữ

1. a fujoshi

See also

• hủ nam